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ZERO DAYS TO GO!! A silent night, a star above, a blessed gift of hope and love. A blessed Christmas to you! Happy Christmas & have a great day as we celebrate the coming of our King. Hopefully you’ve enjoyed this Christmas countdown. If you’ve missed any of the downloads they are all below for easy access.

• 1 day until Christmas: Santa Don’t Stop Here
• 2 days until Christmas: Hark The Herald Angels Bling
• 3 days until Christmas: CHRISTMAS EVE WILL ROCK!!
• 4 days until Christmas: J-Walk Issue #008
• 5 days until Christmas: superJESUS Bible talkcast
• 6 days until Christmas: Christmas Services
• 7 days until Christmas: SCAMP 07 PICS
• 8 days until Christmas: 7 REASONS
• 9 days until Christmas: Fluro Party 07 PICS
• 10 days until Christmas: Bible Gardens Talkcast Series
• 11 days until Christmas: JCAMP 07 PICS
• 12 days until Christmas: FLUORO PARTY PODCAST

By Michelle Watt

A (very) Brief History of the Man in the Red Suit

Santa Claus, Saint Nicholas, Sinterklaas, Kris Kringle, Father Christmas. His names and guises are many and varied. The tales that surround the origins of Santa Claus are actually pretty fascinating. Germanic, Dutch and Nordic traditions each have there own version of a Yule-time gift-giver, and these traditions have melded with the figure of Saint Nicholas, Bishop of Myra (modern day Turkey), along with the British character of Father Christmas, to give us the jolly man in red and white and his eight or nine reindeer. There is no truth to the rumour that Coca-Cola invented Santa Claus, though they are mainly responsible for his red and white garb: he used to wear green, grey, and various other colours until particularly successful advertising campaigns in the 1930s.

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By Daniel Godden

Some people can’t stand carols. They find the music kitschy and old fashioned. The words are hard to understand (in exlcelsius Deo anyone?). Everything about Christmas carols seems irrelevant to our culture. I can understand this argument because we want to move with the times and keep making music for people now not people three hundred years ago.

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The bumper Christmas holiday 07/08 issue.

Click here to download simple format (viewable on screen)

Click here to download fancy booklet (not for the faint hearted)

Click here to view and discuss articles online - more will be added over the next week

• superJESUS #1 from Colossians 1:15-23
• superJESUS #2 from Colossians 1:15-23
• superJESUS #3 from Colossians 1:15-23
• superJESUS #4 from Colossians 1:15-23
• superJESUS #5 from Colossians 1:15-23

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